Tag: 6th Regiment Connecticut Volunteer Infantry

James B. Golden

James B. Golden

James B. Golden was a resident of Hartford on September 2, 1862 when he enlisted as a Private in Co. E of the 7th Regiment Connecticut Volunteer Infantry; he transferred to Co. K on March 1, 1863 and was mustered out September 30, 1863. He was a resident of Mansfield on October 9, 1863 when he enlisted as a private in Co. E of the 6th Regiment Connecticut Volunteer Infantry and he deserted on November 9, 1864.

He was not living in Mansfield in the 1860 U.S. census; no further information is known.

Henry Edwin “Ed” Hall

Henry Edwin “Ed” Hall

Henry E. Hall, 1922

Henry Edwin Hall was a resident of Mansfield on September 22, 1863, when he enlisted as a Private in Co. F of the 6th Regiment Connecticut Volunteer Infantry; he was captured May 16, 1864 at Drewry’s Bluff, Virginia. He was imprisoned at Andersonville, paroled February 22, 1865 and mustered out August 21, 1865.

He was born December 25, 1841 in Mansfield to Henry C. and Orilla (Simonds) Hall. After the Civil War he returned to Mansfield and was a farmer. Henry E. Hall married Annette F. Dodd, daughter of Mansfield Civil War soldier Enoch Dodd between 1870 and 1880. Children included: Burton H. Dodd, born about September, 1882 and Charles G. Dodd, born about January 1889. Annette F. (Dodd) Hall died on June 15, 1890. Henry Hall married second, Ida M. ______ about 1904.

On March 1, 1885, he applied for an invalid pension, No.642,986 that was granted under certificate No. 415,435. His widow applied for a pension on December 21, 1929.

Henry Edwin Hall died on December 6, 1929 and is buried at the New Mansfield Center Cemetery in Mansfield.

The Hall Letters

Henry Hall leaves an impactful perspective that many soldiers may lack: he was captured and placed as a POW at the infamous Andersonville Prison.

“It has been my misfortune to be taken a prisoner by our enemy’s Calvary on the 16th of May on the Railroad between Chester Station and Petersburg”

Petersburg VA. May 24th, 1864. Hall to his parents.

Hall’s letters to his family, as well as a continued letter of Hall’s to his wife by John Hunter, speaks of Hall’s military journey. Describing his experience before imprisonment, imprisonment itself, and his life once he’s released, Hall’s letters give a timeline over the 2 years he served under the 6th regiment.

“I have no doubt he is taken prisoner”

John Hunter to Henry Hall’s Mother, May 23rd, 1864, Original unfinished letter 5/11/1864

More Resources

The Mansfield Historical Society has letters either to/from/about Hall ranging from 1863 to 1865. All other transcripts and letter scans can be found under Hall Letters.

Hiram Peure

Hiram Peure

Hiram Peure was a resident of Mansfield on April 22, 1863 when he enlisted as a Private in Co. I of the 6th Regiment Connecticut Volunteer Infantry; he was discharged for disability April 6, 1865.

He was born about April, 1830 in Connecticut and he is not a resident of Mansfield in the 1860 U.S. census. It is not known if he married or had any children.

In the 1900 U.S. census, he is a 70 year old pensioner living in the household of his brother, James Pence. Hiram Pence is an 80 year old boarder in the household of Herbert Boynton in Coventry in 1910.

On August 24, 1888, he applied for an invalid pension, No. 669,761 that was granted under certificate No. 452,810.

Hiram Peure died on September 10, 1912 at the Fitch’s Home for Soldiers in Darien, Connecticut. He is buried at the Fitch’s Veteran Cemetery in Darien.

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